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opnacon “Dynamic programming” is not referring to “computer programming”

In the UK at A-level (age 16-18) you may still be taught linear and dynamic programming before ever touching a line of code! (Indeed, that was the same for me!)

opnacon Copy is all you need

I wish we could stop with the “X is all you need” papers! The first one was unintuitive and so are the rest.

opnacon New York Times Election Day Crossword (2009)

And certainly not Northern Ireland.

opnacon New Zealand's plan to prepare for inevitable climate change impacts

Most of this seems sensible. Governments should be spending to prepare for a changed climate, in case global warming is irreversible (which I think is the likely trajectory). Investing totally in net zero by 2050 is not responsible governing.

In the U.K., that means building flood defences for the winter, water storage for the dry summers (avoiding the inevitable cries of NIMBYs like Layla Moran) and possibly investing in AC for hotter summers.

opnacon 'Patriotic millionaires' in the U.K. call for higher taxes on themselves

Anyone can voluntarily pay extra tax beyond what they owe in the U.K., but very few people do (~200 between 2000 and 2017).

opnacon My Notebook System

I think there’s tremendous value in just offloading your thoughts from your brain to a notebook!

I rarely refer to previous notes (digital or paper) even as a researcher.

opnacon Apple Delays Rollout of Child Safety Features

We are likely a week and a bit away from new iPhone releases—a good bit of damage control at play here.

opnacon SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant exhibits higher infectivity and immune resistance

Mathematicians say that Epsilon was very small.

opnacon An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology

https://www.apple.com/customer-letter/

A stark change since Apple/FBI.